De or het positie?
de positie
position, posture
/ˌpoːˈzi.(t)si/
Article and plural
- Singular
- de positie
- Plural (meervoud)
- de posities
- Diminutive
- het positietje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -heid, -teit, -tie, -sie, -nis, -ij and -schap usually take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de posities whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het positietje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
Check the article of another noun
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze positie | deze posities |
| that, those | die positie | die posities |
| which (the … that) | de positie die … | de posities die … |
| our | onze positie | onze posities |
Meaning in English
- position, posture
- position
- post (e.g., of employment), position, rank
- the state of pregnancy
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